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This channel newsfeed includes clinical content on treating patients or the clinical implications in a variety of cardiac subspecialties and disease states. The channel includes news on cardiac surgery, interventional cardiology, heart failure, electrophysiology, hypertension, structural heart disease, use of pharmaceuticals, and COVID-19.

HHS sued over RFK’s $11B cuts to infectious disease control
The Department of Health and Human Services is refusing to allocate funds meant to support state and local healthcare initiatives, as the money stemmed from now-defunct COVID-19 control efforts. A coalition of municipalities is suing to lift the block.
Robotic mitral valve repair linked to benefits for elderly patients
Robotic and traditional mitral valve repair surgeries are mostly associated with similar outcomes when treating elderly patients. In some ways, however, robotic procedures may be preferred.
Vendor payments not responsible for rising popularity of LAAO procedures
Consulting fees and other vendor payments do not appear to be directly influencing U.S. physicians to implant more Watchman devices. Researcher Alexander Kolomaya, MD, discussed his team's findings on this topic.
AI predicts pediatric cancer recurrence with impressive accuracy
Researchers have developed a deep learning model that can spot longitudinal changes in patients' brain imaging that could be indicative of cancer recurrence.
AI helps cardiologists terminate AFib for good with ablation
Advanced AI can provide real-time feedback to cardiologists, helping them deliver high-quality care.

Drug-eluting stents improve survival for patients undergoing LAD or left main artery revascularization

The analysis also focused on outcomes related to heart attacks, definite stent thrombosis and more.

Young children receive COVID-19 vaccines at Walgreens instead of flu shots, now show signs of heart damage

The family says it is now seeking legal action over the error.

Smoking prior to revascularization for intermittent claudication raises risk of complications

Smoking cessation should be stressed before patients undergo revascularization for intermittent claudication, researchers observed.

Poor oral health may make COVID-19 more harmful among cardiovascular patients

The group's findings will be presented in full at ACC Middle East 2021 in Egypt.

CUTTING-EDGE findings shine new light on mitral valve surgery after failed TEER

Overall, mitral valve surgery after TEER was associated with a 30-day mortality rate of 16.6% and one-year mortality rate of 31.3%.

Adopting a clopidogrel-based DAPT strategy after PCI boosts outcomes for heart attack patients

Patients given clopidogrel plus aspirin faced a lower risk of adverse events than those given ticagrelor plus aspirin.

Most interventional cardiologists focus on PCI and imaging—structural, peripheral work becoming more common

Researchers turned to recent Medicare data to learn more about ongoing trends in interventional cardiology.

Alarming study on COVID-19 vaccine side effects withdrawn after authors recognize key mistake

The study initially gained a lot of attention online for its findings related to myocarditis—but the authors had made a major error with their calculations.

Clinical

HHS sued over RFK’s $11B cuts to infectious disease control

Robotic mitral valve repair linked to benefits for elderly patients

Vendor payments not responsible for rising popularity of LAAO procedures

AI predicts pediatric cancer recurrence with impressive accuracy

AI helps cardiologists terminate AFib for good with ablation